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The Aztec Mine: How Baldy Mountain's Million-Dollar Lode Sparked a Rush and Built a Town

A wooden mining flume carries water toward Elizabethtown across the mountainside above Red River in the 1910s.
Prospectors following placer gold uphill found the Aztec lode on Baldy Mountain in 1868, and the mine produced an estimated $1.25 to $1.5 million in gold in its first years.
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Weekly:
Game Day — Mondays — Noisy Water Winery
Wine Down Wednesday — Wednesdays, 3 PM — Noisy Water Winery
Flight Night — Wednesdays, 6–8 PM — Red River Brewing Company
Open Mic — Sundays, 3–6 PM — Noisy Water Winery

Coming Up:
Oct 28: Town Wide Clean Up, 10 AM–3:30 PM — meet at Brandenburg Park Pavilion
Oct 31: Halloween Carnival, 5–7 PM — Red River Conference Center
Nov 25: Ski Opening Day, 9 AM–4 PM — Red River Ski & Summer Area
Nov 26: Switch on the Holidays, 6:30 PM — Brandenburg Park
Dec 10: Christmas Dinner, 5–8 PM — Red River Conference Center
Dec 19–20: Christmas in the Mountains, 11 AM–4 PM — Red River Conference Center, with the Light Parade on Dec 19, 5:30 PM

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